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OpenMM on the CUDA platform requires only one CPU per GPU because it does not use CPUs for calculations. While OpenMM can use several GPUs in one node, the most efficient way to run simulations is to use a single GPU. As you can see from  [https://mdbench.ace-net.ca/mdbench/bform/?software_contains=OPENMM.cuda&software_id=&module_contains=&module_version=&site_contains=Narval&gpu_model=&cpu_model=&arch=&dataset=6n4o Narval benchmarks] and [https://mdbench.ace-net.ca/mdbench/bform/?software_contains=OPENMM.cuda&software_id=&module_contains=&module_version=&site_contains=Cedar&gpu_model=V100-SXM2&cpu_model=&arch=&dataset=6n4o  Cedar benchmarks], on nodes with NvLink (where GPUs are connected directly) OpenMM runs slightly faster on multiple GPUs. Without NvLink there is a very little speedup of simulations on P100 GPUs ([https://mdbench.ace-net.ca/mdbench/bform/?software_contains=OPENMM.cuda&software_id=&module_contains=&module_version=&site_contains=Cedar&gpu_model=P100-PCIE&cpu_model=&arch=&dataset=6n4o Cedar benchmarks]).

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